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I would look around the yard for obvious areas that might have been dug up for prior repairs, before I ran new wires,

unless its a close run?

also, did you check if you had a splice box ? at your controller what type of wires do you have ? are they the same as your wires at the valves? if not you may have a valve box near your controller that has nothing but wire splices. if you do, check all your connections there first. make sure every connection is good. this box is usually under the controller if its mounted outside. if it's in your garage, the wires should exit the garage somewhere. follow the wires

Well I changed out the order, I know zone 3 was working and swapped it for Zone four, same issue as soon as I attached the solenoid I got no voltage reading. I than ran separate wires from a zone that i know that worked and it turned on. I have this issues with both my front and back zones. Do I need to run new wires?

Zone not working

Folks being a novice with sprinklers systems I am trying to learn the one installed at my new house.So after much troubleshooting an digging i have three zones that work in my back yard, when it goes to the fourth nothing happens. I checked the voltage and Ohms and both seem to be with in specs but when I connect the solenoid, i get no readings on voltage or Ohms, it seems to short out the wires, i disconnect the solenoid and i get a reading again. I replaced the solenoid with a new and same thing happens. I then replaced it with one that I know is working from another zone and again it happens so I know it is not the solenoid. Any ideas?